Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly pot load sale, next sale scheduled for Tuesday April 9, 2024. All heifers guaranteed open. Demand good for all classes and weights.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $265.70/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −135.82 against this barn's trailing median of $401.52.

Average price

$265.70

129 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.67

vs AR average

−22.49 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	668	265.70	1,775	129

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

6 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $441.34, low $387.07, median $401.52 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale129 hd

265.70

—

AR average9 barns · 220 hd

264.04

+1.67

National average162 barns · 14,918 hd

288.19

−22.49

This barn, trailing median6 sales

401.52

−135.82

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

20 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,367	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,489	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,718	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	307.03/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,557	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,672	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	268.23/cwt	267.00–269.50	1,894	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	617	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,613	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,877	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	776	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,684	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,539	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	242.25/cwt	242.25–242.25	1,984	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	471	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,616	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	771	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,897	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,846	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	246.77/cwt	246.50–247.00	1,661	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	263.57/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,782	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	262.49/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,748	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,895	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,469	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,576	27

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Tue Mar 12, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Receipts 719Last week 1,304Year ago 460

Monthly pot load sale, next sale scheduled for Tuesday April 9, 2024. All heifers guaranteed open. Demand good for all classes and weights.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	424	322.50	322.50
16	500–550	507	305.00–308.00	307.03
9	550–600	564	264.00	264.00
12	700–750	722	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	617	261.50	261.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	600–650	628	245.00	245.00
49	650–700	673	246.50–247.00	246.77
16	750–800	776	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	550–600	550	267.00	267.00
27	650–700	658	239.50	239.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	496	337.00	337.00
10	600–650	636	298.00	298.00
64	650–700	666	262.00–267.00	262.49
48	750–800	782	240.00	240.00
69	800–850	819	242.25	242.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	471	343.00	343.00
55	650–700	676	256.00–269.00	263.57
131	700–750	706	267.00–269.50	268.23
9	750–800	771	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	800–850	806	229.00	229.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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